May 2020 — Reports | The Nuclear Resister

First U.S. citizen convicted for protests at nuclear weapons base in Germany
May 30, 2020
from CounterPunch May 26, 2020 by John LaForge, Nukewatch COCHEM, Germany A US Air Force veteran of the US war in Vietnam and two other nuclear weapons protesters were found…
Beating Swords into Plowshares
May 30, 2020
by Kathy Kelly Inscribed on a wall across from the United Nations in New York City are ancient words of incalculable yearning: “They will beat their swords into plowshares and…
Sentencing dates set for Kings Bay Plowshares nuclear abolitionists
May 19, 2020
UPDATE: Elizabeth McAlister had her sentencing on June 8 via video from her daughter’s home in Connecticut. The other six Kings Bay Plowshares defendants filed several continuances for their sentencing…
Muslim philanthropist Dr. Rafil Dhafir released from prison after 17 years
May 15, 2020
by Jack Cohen-Joppa, The Nuclear Resister On the morning of May 15, Dr. Rafil Dhafir was released to home confinement from the Allenwood federal prison in central Pennsylvania. The Iraqi-American…

First U.S. citizen convicted for protests at nuclear weapons base in Germany